AI Magic Eraser: Remove People and Objects

You took the shot and then noticed it: a stranger in a yellow raincoat behind your friends, a power line across the sunset, a price sticker on the product. An AI magic eraser removes the thing you point at and paints in what was plausibly behind it, matching the light and texture around the gap.

“Magic Eraser” is the name Google gave an object-removal feature in Google Photos, and it's also how many people search for this kind of tool. Spicy Studio isn't affiliated with Google. Its tool is simply called the Eraser. It runs in the browser on photos and short videos and costs 8 credits per photo or 4 credits per second of video, billed for at least 5 seconds (20 credits).

The Eraser needs at least one of two things from you.

A mask. Choose Paint Mask on Image and brush over the object; everything you paint in cyan gets erased. The editor has a brush, an eraser for fixing mistakes, an adjustable size, undo and clear. If you make masks in another program, upload a mask image instead (white marks what to erase).

A prompt. Name the object: “the man in the yellow raincoat”, “the power line”, “the sticker on the lid”. This suits things that are fiddly to paint but easy to describe.

Both, for busy scenes. The mask says where, the prompt says which object, so the AI doesn't have to guess when several things overlap. The prompt can also say what should fill the space, such as “plain wooden floor” or “clear evening sky”.

1. Open the Image Eraser and upload the photo (JPEG, PNG, GIF or WebP, up to 50 MB).

2. Paint the mask a little wider than the object, including its shadow and any reflection. A mask that hugs the edge tends to leave a faint outline.

3. Save the mask, add a prompt if it helps, and click Erase. The 8 credits are refunded automatically if the job fails.

4. Zoom in on the result. If a trace is left, run the cleaned image again with a small mask on just that spot, for another 8 credits.

1. Trim the clip to 3–15 seconds (MP4, WebM or MOV, up to 50 MB). You pay per second, rounded up: 20 credits for 5 seconds, 40 for 10, 60 for 15.

2. Open the Video Eraser and upload it.

3. Paint the mask on the first frame. The same mask is applied to every frame, so it suits things that stay in place: a corner logo or burned-in caption on your own footage, a timestamp, a sign, a parked car.

4. For something that moves slowly, paint the whole area it passes through and name it in the prompt (“the cyclist on the left”). Everything inside the mask is rebuilt in every frame, so keep it as tight as the path allows. Fast-moving objects and handheld shots are where a fixed mask struggles.

5. Click Erase from Video. You'll be notified when it's done.

Usually clean: small and medium objects on simple, repeating backgrounds such as sky, sand, grass, water or a plain wall; wires and cables; dust, stains and stickers; people far in the background.

Harder: big objects that fill much of the frame, because the AI has to invent everything behind them; objects touching your subject, like a hand on a shoulder; straight lines and patterns, such as tiles, railings or text, that have to continue through the gap.

Hardest in video: fast movement, a moving camera, and anything that passes in front of the main subject.

For the harder cases, work in smaller passes and use the prompt to describe what belongs in the gap.

Travel photos: take passers-by out of a landmark shot. Mask each person together with their shadow, and handle a crowd in a few passes.

Product shots: clean off dust, a price sticker or the photographer's reflection.

Property photos: clear cables, clutter and personal items, but leave permanent features like cracks or damp patches alone; a listing should show the property as it is.

Interviews and podcasts: remove a light stand that creeps into the edge of a locked-off shot.

Your own social clips: lift an old logo or a timestamp off your footage.

Don't use it to change what a record shows, such as a news photo, a receipt or a document.

A product photo often needs three steps: erase the stray objects (8 credits), enlarge the photo to 4K with Image Upscale (10), then cut the product out with the Background Remover (4). That's 22 credits, inside the 25 free credits a new account gets. The free AI background remover guide covers the cut-out step.

For a logo, caption or date stamp on your own picture or clip, try the Watermark Remover first. It finds the mark without a mask and costs less: 4 credits per image, or 2 per second of video. See how to remove a watermark from your own video or image.